Sloane Stephens eliminated the last Australian in the women's singles draw Friday, beating Ashleigh Barty, 6-2, 6-4, in the third round.
It was the first meeting for Barty, the 2011 Wimbledon girls' singles champion who took a hiatus to pursue cricket, and Stephens, who is on the comeback trail after right-foot surgery in January.
Stephens now has the opportunity to surpass her deepest run at the US Open, matching her 2013 appearance in the round of 16, where she lost to Serena Williams. But Friday's match in the temporary Louis Armstrong Stadium wasn't her best. Forty-two percent of the points in the match were the result of unforced errors; Stephens simply made fewer of them (21 compared to Barty's 31).
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